Daily Republican., 1887-08-04
prs,sn>Iphia Items,

PHILADELPHIA, Aug 4.-Hugh Fries,
a young man with . mirthful- looking
oiun,enance, was yesterday arra.tned be-
fore Judge Bregy on the charge OF the lar
cery st female wearing apparel yAlned at
10 10 the property o. Fannie + lshburn.
During the hearing there was a question
raised as 10 the mental condition OF the
prisoner i was testified that when
youug Hugh had been an inmate of an In
s,i,ut on Tor feeble minded childIen, and
that afterwards be had been confined Tor
txentv-oue months IL the Norristowh
Hosriral tor the Insane. Dr.. Butcher, oi
the County Priso1, expressed The opinion
tnatthe prisoner rs OF unsouud mind;
that he might distinguish right from
wrong, but he could hot control his sc
tiors Assistant District Attorney hinse7
thought the prisoner ssouii oe Aed re-
sp1lsible Tor the thett, a31 the lury rea.
dered a verdict Of gut y. Tne j Idge said
he would deier sentence 10 oTdeI TO make
IN, h.r inuu riss concern ing the prisoner,
and a inouishei hiu - c3Liuc. Linael,
properly in the County Prison
81 was lonely in the cell aud only hal
!oed TO amuse myself said the prisoner.
''ln regard TO my insanity, ne connou'
ed, zone OF the physicians in tha Asylum
said WAS crazy, and the otheF ta!i was
not You know doctors sometimes di!-
fer
"What is your own opinion aoou, ii"'
asked Judge Bregy.
.'Se praise is no recon- mmendaron,
smilingly answered the deiendah nj. Tine
crates man Out AZ the Asylum viii say
that he is sane. Others may .Dok upon
tue rs insane. hardly know, but thinh
sm perfectly sensible"
"You appear to be, aud it ought to be
consolation to you that you think So" re
marked the Judge, as the p. .lsoner va
placed back in the dock
William Dougherty, thirty eight year
old aud Bernard Murphy, twenty seven
both o. whom live at l35 south Twenty
Fourth street, became engaged in quar-
rel In a third story room OF the house les
evenirg. Before the first round had ende'
Dougherty found that the job Df thrash
ing Murphy was too large contract foI
him TO carry out lc.handel, and h
sought safety in flight. His autagouis
: was between him and the door, and Ii
chose window as means OF eyre E, an
e brought up in confused pile Oh tn
;. ground below. He sustained severe con
. cu-siOu Of the spine and was removed t
The [ UniveTsity Hospital, while Murph
was locked up al the Fifth district sta
ton house ~ awsit the result OF the il
!. juries.
6 The dead body OF female infant we
found yesterday in spool in the rea
OF house on Gaskill street, below Fifth
, Special officer Alexander, OF the Ihir
District. investigator the circumstance
and, rs result, yesterday afternoon ar
: rested young colored woman, name
Henrietta Thompson, employed in laur
dry en- est Pine street, to answer Il
/. charge of inianticiIe. She was held 1
: the Union Street Station House for
= hearing.
In Camden, yesterday. the Coroner
:, jury found that w. 8 Darr and Mr.
FL en- Gebler, alias Wiltshire, came I
J. their deaths from gunsho. wounds recei'
! ed at the hands of VIM. Wiltshire Sanke,
:. and that Sankey came TO his death from
Igunshout wound self inflicted. At IL
;, inquest Mrs. II. sankty testified that ht
}, husband deserted her for Mrs. CT bl,
seventeen years ago.
i At the convention OF Philadelphia an
3 Reading Railroad employes yesterday
:, was reported that Mr.. SweiRard was III
willing TO change the method now In III
to detect color blindness. IL was resolve
= to Exhaust ell honorable means to efIe
d. q settlement" and committee was a
81 pointed to arrange for a conf renee wi
1t the Geaeral Manager OF the road.